BBC FOLK Award winner and former Hollywood actor Blair Dunlop is the latest addition to the Purbeck Folk festival. The 22-year-old scooped the prestigious BBC Horizon Award last year, for his first album Blight and Blossom.
Folk music is a family affair for Blair, whose dad is bass guitarist and founder of Fairport Convention and Steeleye Span, Ashley Hutchings, and whose mum is singer Judy Dunlop. This year saw Blair release the musically adventurous second album, House of Jacks – and will play Purbeck with his widely praised trio that includes BBC Folk Award nominee Katriona Gilmore on fiddle.